Tom Waits - Hold On

[sgbridgette]

Awesome song. Reminds me of someone.

[kalfromcal]

When I listen to Waits, I'm ageless...

[soarornor]

Beautiful video for this. Great song.

[sgbridgette]

Awesome song

[JannaLeise]

<3

[ronaldinho12345678]

im grabbin a bottle of wine be back in 20

[lookathesim1]

She said, 'Baby, I still love you'

Sometimes there's nothin' left to do

[daneelthesane]

I find that folks who like Tom Waits tend to also like Jason Webley. Check him out.

[purplecasket]

This is one of the very few song and video combinations that makes me cry each time I here/see it. Something about the scene where she opens up the presents and tries on the 'ring made from a spoon' is very sad and beautiful... love Tom Waits <3

[amygrindhouse]

mr. waits, again i am having a non-drug experience...strange....and jizzed my keyboard, tissue anone?

[loranceb]

Mark Lanegan's dad.

[ToThirio]

@loranceb damn right man!

[BardzoMrocznyDrwal]

Damn so great vocal.

[PioneerLv]

Have a good dreams, good night. /My lullaby/

[Rookwood262]

This is an awesome song and a peerless performance. Full of heart. I love it!

[matseman46]

Tom Waits is timeless, everything he does is real and from the heart that´s why we love him. No botox or bla bla bla just pure heart. Listened to all his music for moore than 30 years, he´s made a lot, explore.

[omegadestroyer666]

youtube might get rid of the repeat button cause i cant stop pushing it lol

[DaNamesJesus]

What does age matter? You should like this any age regardless.

[Lilthinnancy]

Da hat mir doch echt grad meine Mutter mein neues Lieblingslied gezeigt =D

[AFPismyhero]

a while back, my best friend told me that her husband sings this song to their daughter as a lullaby.

[whalehunter2009]

I listen to music like Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, and The Devil Wears Prada, usually. But as of recently, no one has been able to help me like Tom Waits, I doubt you will ever see this, but, Thank You, so very much.

[malmokber]

Love Tom, love this song but the video is .........not for me. Still liked it though.

[BeatnickIntellectual]

FUCK YOU ERIN

[Garfjell1]

THX my world not be the same without Waits - he plays the cord of my soul

[EleftheriosMavros]

... best songwriter ... best lyric ever ...

[TrueBlueEG8]

Is there a better song writer alive today? If you think there is ,id love to know who.

[CptCool44]

@TrueBlueEG8 Bob Dylan?

[TrueBlueEG8]

@CptCool44 mmm, u do make a fair point, i still prefer waits though!

[CptCool44]

@TrueBlueEG8 haha just tossing that name up. Im not one for picking my favorites

[TrueBlueEG8]

@CptCool44 No, me neither, there are so many different types of music and so many great bands, singers and writers, i couldnt pick my favorite, but Tom is definitely up there with the best!

[BlisterOnTheMoon]

In Tom Waits we trust!

[novemberrain212]

So glad I stumbled on this guy. Words fail me.

[woodyIove]

her watch is similar to mine--------

[woodyIove]

you got to hold on------dear

[kalejamful]

listening this song of Tom..is like flying..geniuos..

[mrscrisco]

Try listening again, when you're cold and lonely, you gotta hold on then don't ya?

He speaks truth and heart...

[MrThatmeanguy1995]

Any other teenager here that likes this?

[razorath92]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 Right here.

[Tedminat0r]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 Damn straight. '96

[L33Tgrasshoper]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 97

[popgunparadise]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 yup

[PHDxNC]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 well i liked it when i was a teenager so i guess i count. i love him now

[na5om]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 Yes, I'm here.

[TheMrKilroy]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 I thought I was the only one

[fluffdawg1235]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 meeeee:P

[andrewquinn413]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 Fuck . . . I never knew until these other 202. 0u0

[TrickSnailG]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 me

[Jo5huaD0n0fri0]

@MrThatmeanguy1995

I'm a 15 year old and Tom is one of my idols.

[esspapier24]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 hey no tenn but still a twen.. even if im in the bad 27 You and greetings from germany.. in a little village called bischbrunn! But tom waits get it to here.. sry for my bad english.. peace!

[DuncanTalks]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 I'm thirteen. Fuck pop, hip hop, rap, etc.

[ReptilianRaep]

@DuncanTalks I love this, but there is some really good underground hip hop and rap out there. Don't be closed minded.

[RandomUsername8236]

@MrThatmeanguy1995 Yep.

[AureusVenerabilis]

This man is a genius... But this video reminds me of Black a bit.

[peterfaigl]

WHAT A GREAT LOVE SONG - it grips you, just dare.

[rasnikhilov]

if Bukowski could sing

[jihadsuitcase]

LOL! Cosmic sin, just a cosmic sin...

[prezofantarctica]

One of my favorite songs. Great melding of meaning, musicianship, song craft and Toms style of delivery and storytelling. Simply resonates.

[anguelroumy]

I want to shake his hand and to tell him : big Thank you Tom !

[anguelroumy]

@burningburney99 No he is a Saint  !

[jihadsuitcase]

19 people are made entirely of human excrement.

[BetweenFrames]

@jihadsuitcase - this fuckin button will only let me vote it up once!

[creedkill51]

this song man....wow....just wow :)

[geojorge1369]

Brilliant and moving performance and song writing!

[reapthereap]

Now this is music, straight from the heart. No flashing music videos, no back up dancers, no flashing costumes just a song from the soul.

[TheWoodencrow]

As rough as some of his work sounds, it's songs like this, soft broken little ballads sung from the heart that truly show you Tom's range. From crooner to caterwauler, bulldog to bawler, this man isn't great simply because of his unique voice. It's the soul of his lyrics and the pure, raw, honesty of his performances that truly distinguish him as a master of his craft.

[TheDgdsn]

@TheWoodencrow

New convert. I wanted something raw but beautiful thats not Nick Cave. Was on the piss at an older mates house and he was playing me main man Lou Reed, I asked him if he had anything same but different. He played Tom. I thought Awsome. Rough/raw dosnt matter, Lou Reed aint pretty music but fuck it gets me. Im not sure yet have to listen to it more, but I think I get Tom

[turdburglar4life]

@TheDgdsn lou reed is beautiful music!

[daffodil97]

with charcoal eyes and Monroe hips 

[Elfulus5]

Dremt about him tonight. i HATED waking up.

[sideb00b]

just one more time, before i go to bed.

[BobAWaitsCash]

there's my god:)

[Mackers2317]

Music is sick. Yes yes, sometimes music is made into junk food. but MUSIC is sick

[ctdjazz]

Good lord. Is there a better balladeer alive? Was there ever?

[EoinH84]

Tom Waits moves between the shadows in the rough part of town

[trevster2905]

Does anyone know what guitar that is?

[c4r50n1]

Everyone, quit with the fucking bieber comments. I hate him as much as you. If you hate the kid then don't fucking talk about him. Simple as that.

[cheezer57]

@c4r50n1 I agree, man!...He's just a teenybopper, for the little girls...They gotta have their heros, too!...What's the big Whoop, for Chrissakes??!!!.....Teen idols have been around since the beginning, in one form, or another...I can't believe the comments on this kid!...And I've never even heard one note of music out of him!..LOL!!!...He must be pretty good, if he invokes such jealousy!!

[c4r50n1]

@cheezer57 Teenage girls only like him because they think he's hot. Some girls I know literally only likes him because only because of that.

[tapew0rm99]

@c4r50n1 My thoughts exactly. Thank you.

[siamesehummer]

Fuck mass appeal art is art, only the real can truly feel it.

[evenrane]

@siamesehummer that is dumbest thing i have ever read, are you older than 15.

[siamesehummer]

@evenrane Calm down, it wasn't even me who posted that. I guess that is what I get for staying logged in at school.

[Haberfelner]

live and let live tom waits is amazing and will be rememberered in 50 th years but it s not clear what the beaver will be in 5 years

[nightfrailer]

17 people have never thought about making rings from spoons.

[sweding101]

who devlin tom waits

[TheApollopotter]

If Yo Live It Up You Wont Live It Down

[StrongHeartLives]

My 5 year old nephew calls Justin Beiber "Just a Beaver" - how close to the truth.

[MsLynnieJ]

Beiber is a child who makes music for children. There is no comparison.

[Giavannanow]

Tom Waits is a lyrical genius -

someone who can create soundscapes

not only in his music,

but also in his lyrics.

He's got SOUL!

And the music of a man

struggling with his soul

can't help but be beautiful.

At least not to me ~

.

[zeromeobass]

Iron Butterly was better. Inna Gadda da Vida babyyyyyyyy

[theneenyo2010]

nipple mustaaaaches :)

[Snapessister26]

I never thougth, that I could be as enthused as Iam at the moment at someone other then Lennard Cohen, but Iam.

Why I didn`t know him before ?!

[MrEddo89]

I got here by the Suggestions on the right while listening to a Neko Case song. Man, was this a good idea, I feel that I haven't heard music before after hearing this and his other works. Brilliant

[mac10069]

Thanks for the music man.

[hotsmudgesundae]

Tom Waits doesnt write music. He just takes a pen and his heart spills through the tip of it. The man has a gift that countless people would die for. I know I would. I could try to write a song...I could NOT try to write a song and just scribble; but nothing that comes from my pen or my piano or my guitar will EVER be as profound and REAL as the miraculous messages and tones that plume from this man....this gift from God to the human race.

[MrSkalover]

Ya I spelled seem wrong. It's a tough word. lol..

[sidDkid87]

@MrSkalover It's not hard to spell "seem" . . . it only 'seems' that way

[FeloFilms]

not even chuck norris can beat tommy :)

[ThePRSmusic]

me too

[snerddarplol]

Beautiful.

[Vinbert09]

I'm a though man, and never used to cry... but if I listen it ten times in a row, I'll cry ten times.

It's bitter, true, brown, desert, no-way-back, like the loves, friends, days and hometowns that went away "like a bullet leaves a gun".

People, in south of Brazil, it's cold and there's no music, but we got to hold on, like anywhere else. Tom would understand.

[denden1986]

I love Tom Waits music

[pantone204]

15 people need to let go.

[marchpig]

@pantone204

of life

[manaz72]

never die bevore listening and loving a tom-waits-song! and himself! down on my knees....

my english is a debacel i see.

[freeman2545]

one of americas treasures...a great songwriter...

[cathybanks1]

@BeckiNessen963

Don`t download the audio, buy the record!

[cathybanks1]

I loved this song from the start, but it took me until last week to get into the rest of Tom Waits music.

I kick my ass for that now!

[hbkdetroit]

oh jesus, if you want to lose all faith in humanity google "hold on lyrics"

[jdob84]

@hbkdetroit unbelievable! he's not even on the second page. so sad

[deathandveryalive]

@hbkdetroit  i should say it's bretty horrofieing........ õ_õ

[j815wilkinson]

@hbkdetroit No, that will destroy your face in humanity. It comes up with Good Charlotte and Jonas Brothers, no Tom Waits in sight!

[waisinet]

@hbkdetroit so true. :(

[InLaciered]

@hbkdetroit I can't find the lyrics anywhere.. Can that be?

[fcalatroni1]

@hbkdetroit OH THE HUMANITY!! I dont know why i listen to you! but i did.. we are doomed!!! DOOMED I SAYYY!!

[thelostirishmanmik]

@hbkdetroit Have you listened to tom waits much, look up just about any of his lyrics. hell listen to gods away on business, or in the Colosseum. no offence meant just stating a fact.

[campoobutt]

@thelostirishmanmik That's not what he meant. He meant the results that come up when you put "hold on lyrics" in a search engine.

[mrzachattackf]

@hbkdetroit  Michael buble my ass

[yousuckhardtime]

@hbkdetroit

jonas brothers o_____o

[southofmidnight]

LOL



[AureusVenerabilis]

@hbkdetroit My eyes!!! This world is sick...

[xxxluann81965]

@hbkdetroit Be merry, Tom's now the second link to show up on the search.

[DemonWarp65]

@hbkdetroit Holy mother of god, you ain't shittin!!

[jakekoko]

@hbkdetroit Tear.

[Shotgunster]

@hbkdetroit you say it cuz of the jonas brothers results?

[richardthewriter]

@WidgeWemnan that makes sense. My time came many many years after I was first introduced to God. Thank you for reminding me that God works in His own time.

[SupernaturalLover67]

I'm glad not many people are aware of Waits. It makes him and his music more special, more valuable.

If this song was played over and over again on the stereo, and everyone was singing it, it wouldn't be as amazing anymore. the magic would wear off, so be grateful guys!!!

[TheValiant265]

go ahead call the cops,,, you dont meet nice girls in coffee shops.....classic

[SupernaturalLover67]

@TheValiant265 that's the line I immediately think of when I hear this song.

[mujaku]

Waits is gourmet music—not fast-food music.

[justiceslashjesus]

sounds like he ate a handful of gravel i love it

[NUKEM16]

I dont get the TOM WAITS fans??????This music sucks.

[UkkoA]

@NUKEM16. Don't feed the troll. 

[plangman27]

@NUKEM16 its all good some people in the world are musically retarded and can't appreciate real talent like your self! Tom Waits is Brilliant!

[Tedminat0r]

@NUKEM16 wat? why even bother tapping your keyboard with yer dirty fingers? Shush ~

[bergista]

Muy buena en español en ...."la lluna a la finestra"

[plagueonwheels]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[michaelrancidguy]

As Much as i Think Johnny Cash is a Legend !!! :)

I Think Tom Waits Should be Right upthere With the Man in Black

As far as Staying True and Wearing There Hearts on there Sleeve !!!

[spaten2000]

@michaelrancidguy Amen.

[TriiXaReFoRkiDZz]

what a pretentious ass

[zaoribah]

I was falling down the side...of the tallest building...i knew there was only one way to go...a direction to fall -low...i was a traveler with a destination...i was carrying my world with the heavy weight of all that i'd been shown..They taught me limitations..of confusion and willfull hearts and gripping minds...they taught me tall trees...they showed me confidence...bended knees. but i stayed.i stayed,i stayed suspended,floating above an end ..the whole world believed in

[kariiina89]

Lovely Song!

[emma1876]

this song has gotten me through so many things.

[welshcasual]

Beautiful

[dickedupgimmick]

With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips

She went and took that California trip

This man is a poet.

[ryandueck]

Definately one of the greatest song writers of all time!

[maynardsgaylover]

People have tried to categorize him but have failed, they're looking too close. Take a step back and then you'll see it ain't nothing but life music.

He's like Springsteen but way cooler. Actually strike that. reverse it. Springsteen is like him but not as cool!

[MrSadGuru]

@maynardsgaylover haha. too true. i've always told people who've never heard of Tom that he's a sinister Bruce Springsteen, in the best possible way possible. and then some.

[maynardsgaylover]

I could listen to this man ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!!!!!

[thoushaltabide]

"God bless your crooked little heart."

What a great fucking line.

[COTOMONT]

Motivador!!!

[geniennis]

just amazing

[rtday67]

@darcybc321 This is the kind of thing I hope the other person (in this case Shane) finds.

[Simonbard1]

This is what originality looks and sounds like. We love you Tom. You have enriched our lives. We thank you for it.

[ulfklarsen]

the best songwriter and the biggest voice ever! 

[richardthewriter]

this guy is a genius. He puts out brilliant music and goes ignored while idiots like justin beiber get famous. I tell ya. the world is fucked up if it allows that to happen

[peter2336]

@richardthewriter I agree ! Tom Waits is GOD !!!!

[richardthewriter]

@peter2336 "So I don't understand. Internal Affairs knew they were being set up? Mr. Simpon, there's nothing like that in there. Yeah, I know. When I get bored I make up my own movie" - Taken from the Simpsons. By the way, Tom Waits is really talented but to call him the Almighty? C'mon.....

[schragemusik]

@richardthewriter At least Tom Waits exists.

[richardthewriter]

@schragemusik only a fool who cannot back up such ignorant comments would deny that God exists. Hey, prove to me beyond a shadow of a doubt and not using mindless pointless rhetoric that all atheists use and I will subscribe to your point of view but you can't because you have no proof and you cannot explain faith because your mind and worldview is so incredibly myopic.

[schragemusik]

@richardthewriter This fool is wise enough to know that a negative can never be proven. As it you and your ilk that seek to blight our world with with your primitive fairy stories, I would suggest that the onus of proof is on you. So YOU prove to ME that he does exist. But, of course, you won't. To 'know' that he exists, one has to have 'faith' or 'belief'. And how does one get faith? One believes, that's how. And round and round we go.

[oisinallen]

@schragemusik @richardthewriter Look, Tom Waits' music used to be the last corner of Youtube which wasn't filled with these ridiculous internet debates.

It makes no difference at all whether god exists or not, so why is it so important to make people agree with you?

Can't you both just shut up and enjoy the music?

[SegoviasServant]

@oisinallen: Signed my friend signed !

Here's the dilemma: A Rabbi once met an atheist, being asked: "Rabbi, if you show me where God lives, i'll pay you one dollar !" Answer: "I'll pay you two dollars if you show me where not !" All mockery aside, please please please do not spoil art ! If you have time to spend on Youtube, spend it wisely. If you were listening closely, you'd find the actual truth of things, that do lie in BEAUTY - beyond any need for petty quarrels !!!

[SupernaturalLover67]

@richardthewriter But then the appeal of Tom Waits would dwindle if he was internationally huge. And I don't think he would like that either.

[lookhesdrunk]

@richardthewriter tom waits is plenty famous and will be long after justin beiber is fortgotten

[richardthewriter]

@lookhesdrunk nuh, no. yuh, your luh....lying.... BEIBS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! (clearly I'm joking)